A pitcher, gooden played in major league baseball for the new york mets, new york yankees, cleveland indians, houston astros. Johnson also helped bring the mets back in contention, producing their first winning season since 1976. Dwight gooden society for american baseball research. K, is an american former professional baseball pitcher who played 16 seasons in major league baseball mlb. Gooden did prove unhittable that night save morelands squibbler, striking out 11 cubs while walking four for the mets 14th franchise onehitter. Get the latest updated stats for new york yankees relief pitcher dwight gooden on. Over the course of his career, dwight gooden pitched 2,800 innings and made 849 plate appearances. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. The 1984 topps traded baseball card set featured 2 standard size cards numbered 1t2t. Dwight gooden pitched in 31 major league games during the 1984 regular season.
Brown, david cone, dwight gooden and orel hershiser all had disconcertingly short stays on the ballot. It would be 12 years later in the bronx, not queens that gooden would finally get a nono during the yankees may 14, 1996 2 0 victory over the seattle mariners. Check out dwight gooden career batting and fielding statistics including batting average, hits, home runs, rbi and award history as part of whatifsports free simmatchup baseball. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. The latest dwight gooden stats, video highlights, news and more from. Dwight gooden and 2 related entities entities finder.
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Thirty years later, dwight goodens 1984 season stands the test of. He has been married to monique moore since january 24, 2009. Gooden pitched from 1984 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2000 for the new york. Just 20, pitching prodigy dwight gooden delivered a season for the ages.
The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games gooden pitched in, specifically relating to his 1984 pitching statistics. All wins above replacement and wins above average data comes from. Gooden arrived on the big league scene in 1984, and as strawberry did in 83 he won the nl rookie of the year award after going 179 with a 2. Psa set registry baseball dwight gooden master set set.
All items in stock in the setsport area of this site have been converted to new site. Buy from many sellers and get your cards all in one shipment. A year later, gooden won the nl cy young award, leading the league with 24 wins, 268 strikeouts, a sterling 1. Gooden began the 2000 season with two subpar stints with the houston. Dwight gooden was the youngest of three children born to dan and ella gooden on november 16, 1964, in tampa, florida, where danwho had only a thirdgrade educationworked for the cargill corporation and coached youth baseball while ella, his second wife, worked in a nursing home and a pool hall. That first season he won 17 games, lost just 9, and. Dwight gooden was born on monday, november 16, 1964, in tampa, florida. Join facebook to connect with dwight gooden and others you may know. Lucie it turns out doc gooden has his own astros signstealing story. Dwight gooden baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along. My life on and off the diamond hardcover february 17, 1999.
Guys whod had little squabbles during the season were making up, shaking. Get the latest updated stats and splits for new york yankees relief pitcher dwight gooden on. If the date is followed by an asterisk, gooden started that game. Gooden pitched from 1984 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2000 for the new york mets, new york yankees, cleveland indians, houston astros, and tampa bay devil rays. Get the latest dwight gooden news, articles, videos and photos on the new york post. Dwight goodens historic 1985 season the hardball times. His professional career was active from 1984 to 2000. Dwight gooden every game played with complete stats, links to box scores and automated.
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Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. He is known for his work on ruthless people 1986, 1986 national league championship series 1986 and 1988 national league championship series 1988. K, is an american retired professional baseball player. Dwigh t eugene d oc good en born november 16, 1964, nicknamed dr. Dwight gooden 1984 topps traded the player dwight eugene doc gooden november 16, 1964 finished his 1983 season with a 194 record with the lynchburg mets and burst into the major leagues, continuing his winning ways, as he went 179 with a league leading 276 strikeouts en route to the national league rookie of the year award. Dwight gooden trading card values sportlots price guide. Gooden was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on april 7, 1984, with the new york mets. Former major league pitcher star and cy young award winner dwight doc gooden.
The new york mets 1984 season was the 23rd regular season for the mets. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers. Remembering dwight goodens nohitter banished to the pen. Just two years prior, in 1983, dwight gooden had racked up 300. Dwight gooden 1990 cards the trading card database. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is ed by retrosheet. November 16, 1964 in tampa, florida, usa total cards. Dwight gooden career pitching statistics for major league, minor league. In 1996, the new york yankees took a flyer on gooden, who, because of the 1994 strike and his 1995 suspension, hadnt pitched in a major league game in nearly two years. There was no talk of drugs, no talk of alcohol, no talk of rehab. Yankees former pitcher doc gooden has personally handsigned this mlb baseball and inscribed it no hitter 51496debuting with the mets in 1984 as a 19 yearold dwight doc gooden quickly established himself as one of the most dominant young pitchers of his generation. Gooden, 52, said monday he is happy he has cut darryl strawberry out of his life and has.